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4 August 2026
Thilina Gunasekara
Newsletter: 04 August 2026

CONTENTS

1. Editorial: From the President: The Movement to Stop the Chop Is Growing

2. Members are Ready for Battle: Park Lands Association Forum

3. Park Poetry - Flying foxes (Fruit Bats)

4. Pic of the Month – Dr Bird Nerd

5. Charles Sturt and Prospect Council Join the Campaign for Your Lands

6. The Pen Is Mightier than! 28,000 signatures and counting

7. The First Hints of Spring: Guided Walk Through Red Gum Park / Karra Wirra

8. OPINION: Time to Debunk Some Misinformation

9. SE City Residents Raise Concerns About Proposed MotoGP in the Park Lands

10. The Mosquito vs the Elephant: Save Festival Plaza Update

Newsletter: 04 August 2026
22 April 2026
Shane Sody
"None so blind"

There is plenty of evidence about:

  • the importance of protecting mature trees, and any city’s tree canopy;

  • that South Australians want to see their Adelaide Park Lands protected;

  • that the international LIV Golf tour is financially unsustainable and on the brink of collapse.

Yet the State Government refuses to see.

"None so blind"
24 March 2026
Shane Sody
Bitumen or butterflies?

Butterfly conservation advocates say a rare Chequered Copper Butterfly colony “will not survive” in Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi (Park 16) if the State Government goes ahead with plans for a Grand Prix motorcycle circuit alongside its habitat.

Bitumen or butterflies?
26 February 2026
Shane Sody
No tree too big for Government chainsaws

No tree in your Adelaide Park Lands is significant enough to be safe from State Government plans to bulldoze Parks for temporary, elite FIFO sports events.

No tree too big for Government chainsaws
9 February 2026
Shane Sody
Stop the Chop rally, 28 Feb

A rally on Saturday 28 February might be your last opportunity to prevent irreversible losses within a massive 90 hectares of your Adelaide Park Lands.

Stop the Chop rally, 28 Feb
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11 October 2024

Birds of a feather

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11 October 2024
Birds of a feather

The Aussie Bird Count is on again, from 14-20 October.

With many looking to the skies this month, we thought it a good time to chat to a local birding club and find out what makes its members pursue the hobby year-round.

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8 October 2024

Throw pink

Guest User
8 October 2024
Throw pink

Your Adelaide Park Lands are about to host South Australia’s first female-only disc golf tournament.

The action will take place in King Rodney Park / Ityamai-itpina (Park 15), where a disc golf course has been the subject of recent controversy.

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7 October 2024

Know Your Park Lands Art: Forgotten Australians Memorial

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7 October 2024
Know Your Park Lands Art: Forgotten Australians Memorial

Our series of stories, Know Your Park Lands Art, guides you through various creative displays within your Adelaide Park Lands.

This time, we put the spotlight on a memorial featuring four huge, stainless steel daisies.

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Shane Sody
4 October 2024

Trees "stressed, vulnerable" from disc golf hits

Shane Sody
4 October 2024
Trees "stressed, vulnerable" from disc golf hits

The City of Adelaide is considering major changes to a popular sporting venue in your eastern Park Lands.

Hundreds of stray flying discs have damaged several of the significant trees in King Rodney Park / Ityamai-itpina (Park 15).

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Shane Sody
30 September 2024

Banking for the climate

Shane Sody
30 September 2024
Banking for the climate

The Adelaide Park Lands Association is switching its banking business to ensure no funds are invested in the fossil fuel industry.

3 Comments
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29 September 2024

Artists with a disability

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29 September 2024
Artists with a disability

A new category in the biennial Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize is "artist living with a disability".

The prize is being sponsored by Minda, the state's largest non-government disability support organisation.

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Shane Sody
29 September 2024

Your Car Parking Lands

Shane Sody
29 September 2024
Your Car Parking Lands

It seems that the City of Adelaide puts a low priority on enforcing restrictions on car parking in your Adelaide Park Lands.

Week after week, hundreds of drivers are flouting restrictions and covering your Open, Green Public spaces with their vehicles.

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28 September 2024

Volunteering with Christina

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28 September 2024
Volunteering with Christina

Former Sydneysider Christina Tilston recently began as one of our volunteers, helping with admin and taking beautiful pics on our Guided Walks.

We've put Christina in the hot-seat for a volunteer profile.

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Shane Sody
27 September 2024

Sport buildings consultation (again!)

Shane Sody
27 September 2024
Sport buildings consultation (again!)

The City Council is consulting for a second time, about how it manages sports buildings on your Park Lands.

How does the new policy deal with the tension between the demands of community sport, and the public interest in "Open, Green, Public" Park Lands?

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Shane Sody
26 September 2024

Areas to protect?

Shane Sody
26 September 2024
Areas to protect?

The State Planning Commission is seeking your advice, on (among other things) what parts of Greater Adelaide “should be protected from future development.”

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Shane Sody
25 September 2024

Battle for the big grass mug

Shane Sody
25 September 2024
Battle for the big grass mug

It’s not brass, it’s grass! Get your tickets for a fun-filled evening at the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, on Wednesday 9 October.
This one-time-only Park Quiz will support the coming Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize. You don’t need to be an expert, because the experts will be on stage! But there will be an interactive audience challenge.

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21 September 2024

Chihuly in the Botanic Garden

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21 September 2024
Chihuly in the Botanic Garden

The Adelaide Botanic Garden in your Park 11 will be even more popular than usual over the summer months, with a display of vibrant, large-scale glass sculptures complementing the flora.

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19 September 2024

What Bird is That? Australasian Grebe

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19 September 2024
What Bird is That? Australasian Grebe

In the latest instalment of our What Bird is That? series, we’re looking at something that looks like a duck, but isn't. It's a bird that dramatically changes its appearance during breeding season.

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15 September 2024

Pleased to meet you, Samantha

Guest User
15 September 2024
Pleased to meet you, Samantha

Samantha Buttery is passionate about a few things: photography, painting, family, and your Park Lands.

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Shane Sody
13 September 2024

Sports buildings plan secrecy

Shane Sody
13 September 2024
Sports buildings plan secrecy

The Adelaide City Council has invoked secrecy provisions in the Local Government Act to prevent you reading a report about proposed ratepayer funding for sports building replacements in your Park Lands.

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Shane Sody
13 September 2024

Be a citizen scientist - log biodiversity

Shane Sody
13 September 2024
Be a citizen scientist - log biodiversity

For four days this month, you can play a part in the annual “Great Southern Bioblitz” - recording biodiversity in your Open, Green, Public Adelaide Park Lands, and elsewhere.

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Shane Sody
13 September 2024

Tearing up the rule book

Shane Sody
13 September 2024
Tearing up the rule book

If you wanted to build a new house, a shed or a carport, you would need to comply with planning rules.

However if you are the State Government, and you want to build on the Adelaide Park Lands, you have no such constraints.

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Shane Sody
11 September 2024

Park Quiz

Shane Sody
11 September 2024
Park Quiz

Tickets are selling fast for the quirky and curious Park Quiz, on 9 October, in support of the Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize.

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9 September 2024

Know Your Park Lands Plants: Tiny Star

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9 September 2024
Know Your Park Lands Plants: Tiny Star

In our series Know Your Park Lands Plants, we're looking this time at a small native flower that has been identified so far, in only one Park within your Adelaide Park Lands. It's a Tiny Star.

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Shane Sody
5 September 2024

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Shane Sody
5 September 2024
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

There are several unrelated construction projects either under way, or recently completed in your Park Lands.

Opinions will differ about which ones are good, or bad, or ugly. See the pics to make up your mind.

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Adelaide Park Lands Association, c/o Affinity Business Advisers, Level 1, 458 Morphett Street,, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australiasecretary@adelaide-parklands.asn.au

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